दशास्यबाणयोस्तुष्ट: स्तुवतोर्वन्दिनोरिव । ऐश्वर्यमतुलं दत्त्वा तत आप सुसङ्कटम् ॥ १६ ॥
daśāsya-bāṇayos tuṣṭaḥ stuvator vandinor iva aiśvaryam atulaṁ dattvā tata āpa su-saṅkaṭam
- daśa-āsya
- with ten-headed Rāvaṇa
- bāṇayoḥ
- and with Bāṇa
- tuṣṭaḥ
- satisfied
- stuvatoḥ
- who sang his glories
- vandinoḥ iva
- like minstrels
- aiśvaryam
- power
- atulam
- unequaled
- dattvā
- giving
- tataḥ
- then
- āpa
- he obtained
- su
- great
- saṅkaṭam
- difficulty
He became pleased with ten-headed Rāvaṇa, and also with Bāṇa, when they each chanted his glories, like bards in a royal court. Lord Śiva then bestowed unprecedented power upon each of them, but in both cases he was consequently beset with great difficulty.